Read the following passage as if you were preparing for a discussion about "Should the United States keep the penny?"
Australia got rid of their lowest-value coin way back in 1966. And recently, Canada, which has a currency similar to that of the US, got rid of theirs. The question is whether the United States should follow suit. If we did, cash transactions would be rounded up or down to the nearest nickel. However, think about this: it costs more than 10¢ to make a nickel! What's going on here? If we got rid of the penny, wouldn't that just be trading one bad coin for another? Because of this, some experts think that the U.S. should get rid of both the penny and the nickel. If we did that, we would round up or down to the nearest dime.
Which of the following options can support for the idea that Americans should get rid of the penny?
Experts think the U.S. should get rid of the nickel as well as the penny.
If we got rid of the nickel, we would round up to the nearest dime.
It costs 10¢ to make a nickel.
Australia and Canada got rid of their lowest-value currency, and it worked out well for them.